Type or matrices.



J. N. BANKS.

TYPE OR MATRICES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1913.

1,099,835, Patented June 9,1914.

5 2 X 3 j 6 Y!- \d/ A Y A @2 1. I by W i5? @fzentor: KIM A UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE. JOHN NELSON tanks, or were, ITALY, Assrcnoa TQmnnennrnannn LINOTIYPE COMPANY, n conroRA'rIoN or NEWYORKL TYPE onmm'a'rcns.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known thatI, JOHN NELSON BANKS, a subject of the Kingof Great;Britain, residing at Milan, Italy, have invented certain new'an'd usefulIm "rovements in Type or Matrices, of which t e following is aspecificatiom'referenc'e being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention'relates to typographical machines, such as linotypemachines of the general organization represented in Letters Pa ent ofthe United States, No. 436,532, to C. Mergenthaler, wherein circulatingmatrices are released from a magazine in the order in which theircharacters are to appear in print, and then assembled in line, thecomposed line transferred to the face of the mold,, the mold filledwithmolten metal to' form a slug or 'linotype agains'tthe matrices whichproduce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafterreturned through a distributin mechanism to the magazine from which t eystarted.

More particularly it relates to the matrices employed therein, and to aspecialcom structi'on thereof whereby any character thereon may bemadeto appear at one or another alining level.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown my invention in preferred formand by way of example, and as applied'to a linotype matrix, butobviously many variations and modifications may be'made therein, and

v in its mode of application, and still becomprised within its spirit.Thus, in addition to matrices having intaglio characters it, may besimilarly adapted to" types or dies direct printing or indenting;

having cameo characters and adapted for 1- Generally speaking, I desireit to-be und stood 'that'I do not -limitjnyself f cific form or embedentye' xcel such limitations ar specified, -1n

In the accompanying drawn; is anedge view of "a plurali proved matricesassembledfgfFi-gi a special 'alinement 'thereof i and 1 side view oitwobfthe matrice For purposes of ill 'str ation,1 the matrices X as twolettermatrice to say, as each formed with characters Y, Y, in one.e'dgefi 'lt --w1 'l be noted that the"characters: are' inl"inverted'position thereon. The} matrices are provided f. with th projectihgears.whereb Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 18,1913. Serial No. 749,071.

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may be alined in the manner illustrated in the said Mergenthaler patent,namely, by moving them upward slightly just prior to the casting, so asto bring the ears A into firm contact with the under side of the mold,

the keeper-plate, or the like, and thus alin- 5 ing the characters alongtheir tops, substan-' tially as indicated in Fig. 1. My matrices areconstructed with additional means whereby they may be alined inadiiferent manner, such for instance'as the notches B, formed in theupper ears thereof, and which are so located with reference to thecharacters Y that when suspended/thereby, the

characters are alined at their ba'ses','-fas shown in Fig. 2. Thematrices X are also formed on their opposite edges with notches (Z ande, suitably located with reference to the characters Y and thesupporting notches B, so

B therein with one or the other of the supporting ribs D and E. Themechanism for efiectinf l'this r'esult may be substantially like thatinilicatdfin another application for Letters..-.;P

atent executed by me as of even dateihe'r h 'n oted that in the positionindi in the characters are alined lo ases instead of along their tops,tice above referred to. In s, my: improved matrices are conha pluralityof alining means, to 'linement of the characters in a rred-i' formillustrated, these difmeans are so arranged that in I .th characters arealined at top and nil-another at their bottoms. "rinciple may be carriedto es1red1for feasible, and to any u-ired positions.

the capability of its adapta- 'gEiplurality, of positions; and

ny advantages involved in I tion to ordinary matrices already in stock,

so that notwithstanding.diiferences in size and style, they may be madeavailable and mixed for common alinement, by simply providing them withthe additional alining means; and, moreover, in this manner the matricesmay be alined individually withreference to each other, instead ofsimultaneously asin the manner previously described. For instance, theinitial letters H and L were not originally designed to appear on thesame base line with the other characters, when the characters are alinedat their tops,,a's'i1 1dicated in.:Fig. 1, but by the adaptation-10f myinvention thereto, they are properly alined when supported by thenotches B, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

It will, off-course, be understood that in the difierehtmiatrices, thenotches d and e and. the notch B will be suitably located to correspondto the particular style and size of the. characters.

As previously pointed out, two systems of alinement are used in thisart, one wherein the characters are alined along their tops, and." theother wherein the characters are alined along their bottoms. It will beunderstoo'd therefore that the use of the expressions top alinement andbase alinement in the claims is intended to refer to these differentsystems.

Having thus described .my invention, its construction and mode ofoperation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States is, as follows:

.1.' A type or matrix provided with means to aline any given characterthereon either at its top or base.-

2. A type or matrix having a character designed for top alinement, andprovided with means to adapt such character for base alinement.

3-. A type or matrix provided with means to present a given characterthereon in eithertop or base alinement.

4. A type or matrix having projecting ears to govern the top alinementof a given character, and provided with a notch to govern the basealinement of said character.

5. A type or matrix having ears to present a given character -for topalinement, and formed with a notch to present such character for basealinement.

6. A type or matrix having a character designed for top alinement andformed with a notch to support the matrix with such character in basealinement.

7. A type or matrix having a character designed for top alinement, andformed with a notch to bring such character into base alinement, andwith a further notch to support the matrix with its character in basealinement.

8. A series of type or matrices havin characters of different sizes, andprovide with means for bringing said characters into top or basealinement as desired.

9. A series of type or matrices having characters designed to be alinedat one of their ends, and provided with means where by the charactersmay be alined at their opposite ends.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN NELSON BANKS.

Witnesses:

SIDNEY SEGAL, P. P. DE FAMIKSI.

